Following the banquet, the Phi Beta Kappa Lifto Amundson Lecturer, Dr. Helen A. Moore, professor of sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, presented "Testing Whiteness: No Child (no school?) Left Behind?" The Lifto Amundson Lecture was established by Marjorie Lifto Amundson and her son, Dr. Loren Amundson of Sioux Falls. Mrs. Amundson was a member USD's Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and Dr. Amundson is currently a member of the chapter.
The Beaty Scholarship was presented to Calvin Krogman, a mathematics major, as the outstanding senior initiate. The Beaty Scholarship honors the late Professor Marjorie Beaty, Ph.D., who taught mathematics at USD for over 50 years. Garett Howardson, a psychology major, received the Grace L. Beede Scholarship for outstanding junior inductee. Professor Grace L. Beede, Ph.D., taught classics at USD for over 50 years.
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Four juniors were elected to membership: Amy Dummer, psychology, of Lesterville; Krystal Kirwan, English, of LaVista, NE; Alyssa Mittleider, English, of Volga; and Garett Howardson, psychology, of Clark. Election as a junior is a particular honor, as juniors must have completed all the chapter's liberal arts requirements prior to induction.
Elected as seniors were Rebecca Bonnichsen, history/English, of Belle Fourche; Victoria Collins, biology, of Vermillion; Daniel Decker, biology, of Platte; Alison Egge, psychology/biology, of Yankton; Jessica Flanigan, biology, of Urbandale, IA; Sean Flynn, political science/economics, of Mitchell; Alese Giles, biology, of Willow Lake; Calvin Krogman, mathematics, of White River; Joseph Mahoney, psychology, of Sioux Falls; Jacob Mortenson, economics/political science, of Fort Pierre; Zachary Parsons, physics/mathematics, of Pierre; Kimberlynn Purintun, English/criminal justice, of DeSmet; Jonathon Ring, international studies/political science, of Rapid City; Andrea Schardin, psychology, of Marion; Stephanie Sinclair, psychology, of Milbank; Abrea Varney, biology, of Parkston; and Jill Vinzant, chemis-try/Spanish, of Sioux Falls.
Students that were unable to attend the initiation on April 16 were initiated April 23 in East Hall. Those students were Andrea Tjelmeland, biology, Blair, NE; Ryan Koehlmoos, political science/history, Cherokee, IA; Kevin Mellem, chemistry, Irene; Michael Pudenz, chemistry, Sioux Falls; and Mara McGill, biology, Beresford.
Requirements for election include one year's study of world civilizations or western civilization, one semester of calculus, one year of a second language, two 300/400 level courses of social science in two disciplines and one year of a laboratory science (prefer- ably physics, chemistry or biology).
For more information, contact Judith Sebesta, president of Alpha Chapter, at jsebesta@usd.edu.
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